> [!game] *The Legend of Zelda* > ![[The Legend of Zelda Box Art - Front.jpg]] > > [!art]- Back of Box > > ![[The Legend of Zelda Box Art - Back.jpg]] > > Developer: Nintendo R&D4 > Publisher: Nintendo > Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System > Release: August 22, 1987 [User Manual](https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAANE.pdf) # Summary An adventure game inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto's own adventures and cave exploration as a child. Link goes on a quest to gather the eight pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom to save Zelda from the evil Ganon. It included a battery to save data, as well as a map in the box for players to find their way and go on their own adventure. # Acquisition My in-laws had a complete-in-box copy that they gave me with their NES collection. It's not in as great of condition as *[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]*. The top back of the box is ripped. The manual is missing except for the cover. Thankfully, the map is there in an appropriately handled condition. The cartridge has a torn chunk on the edge that faces out when in the NES. A clearly played copy. # Memories I played it in earnest for [[The Legend of Zelda Resolution - Week 1|the first time]] on my 3DS through the Virtual Console in January 2015. I never beat it. I certainly have enough resources nowadays to find my way through the world. I do have one of the first 100 editions of my pal Philip Summers hand-drawn *Zelda* guide. --- I do remember bouncing between this and *[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]* at my parents' friend RD's house on a little tube TV upstairs. The gold cartridge was always an alluring element in the physical world that drew me into the digital one. # Related Posts - [[The Legend of Zelda Resolution - Week 1]] - [[The Legend of Zelda– New Year Resolution]] - [[MFP11 - “A 1,000 Labels Falling onto the Floor” with Phil Summers]] # Versions - Virtual Console, 3DS - [[The Legend of Zelda - Collector's Edition|The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition]] - [[Zeruda Korekushon]] # Miscellaneous - [The Legend of Zelda: Presented by Hand-Drawn Game Guides](https://sites.google.com/view/handdrawngameguides/free-guides/the-legend-of-zelda-presented-by-hand-drawn-game-guides) by Philip Summers - [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/legend-of-zelda-hdgg-digital) - [Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QyMsF31NdNc) from GDC 2017 - While this talk is about designing *The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*, it features the demo Nintendo made in the style of the first *Zelda* game. I say it counts. - [Obtaining Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda NES Items in Animal Crossing](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TTRK_YQ0KX0) by Hunter R. - [Iwata Asks - Bonus 1: Ancient Documents from 1985](https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/zelda/1/4/) - [Iwata Asks - Bonus 2: The Untold Story of the Second Quest](https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/zelda/1/5/)